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"synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ducked":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "courted", "embraced", "pursued", "sought", "welcomed", "caught", "contracted", "incurred" ], "related":[ "missed", "averted", "deflected", "diverted", "obviated", "parried", "prevented", "warded (off)", "banned", "barred", "debarred", "eliminated", "excepted", "excluded", "precluded", "ruled out", "bypassed", "circumvented", "skirted", "foiled", "foxed", "frustrated", "outfoxed", "outsmarted", "outwitted", "overreached", "thwarted" ], "synonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "eluded", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "finessed", "got around", "scaped", "shirked", "shook", "shuffled (out of)", "shunned", "weaseled (out of)" ] }, "to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "duck behind a pillar before they see us" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "avoided", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "parried", "shirked", "skirted", "deflected", "turned", "slid", "slipped" ], "synonyms":[ "dodged", "jinked", "sidestepped", "slalomed", "weaved", "zigzagged" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "dunked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ducking":{ "the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family" ], "near antonyms":[ "abidance", "endurance", "submission", "toleration" ], "related":[ "bypassing", "circumvention", "runaround", "sidestepping", "skirting", "averting", "deflection", "obviation", "precluding", "prevention" ], "synonyms":[ "avoidance", "cop-out", "dodging", "eluding", "elusion", "escape", "eschewal", "eschewing", "evasion", "out", "shaking", "shunning" ] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "related":[ "missing", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)", "banning", "barring", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "precluding", "ruling out", "bypassing", "circumventing", "skirting", "foiling", "foxing", "frustrating", "outfoxing", "outsmarting", "outwitting", "overreaching", "thwarting" ], "synonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "finessing", "getting around", "scaping", "shaking", "shirking", "shuffling (out of)", "shunning", "weaseling (out of)" ] }, "to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "duck behind a pillar before they see us" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "avoiding", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "parrying", "shirking", "skirting", "deflecting", "turning", "sliding", "slipping" ], "synonyms":[ "dodging", "jinking", "sidestepping", "slaloming", "weaving", "zigzagging" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathing", "moistening", "soaking", "steeping", "wetting", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "diving", "plunging", "thrusting" ], "synonyms":[ "dipping", "dousing", "dowsing", "dunking", "immersing", "sopping", "sousing", "submerging", "submersing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ducts":{ "a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "air ducts to provide ventilation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "drainpipes", "drains", "funnels", "hydrants", "mains", "smokestacks", "spouts", "standpipes", "stovepipes", "tiles", "waste pipes", "waterspouts", "pipages", "pipeages", "pipelines", "pipings" ], "synonyms":[ "channels", "conduits", "leaders", "lines", "penstocks", "pipes", "troughs", "tubes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dude":{ "a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry" ], "near antonyms":[ "slob", "sloven" ], "related":[ "coxcomb", "fancy Dan", "popinjay", "blade", "cavalier", "dasher", "clotheshorse", "exquisite", "swell" ], "synonyms":[ "beau", "Beau Brummell", "buck", "dandy", "fop", "gallant", "jay", "lounge lizard", "macaroni", "pretty boy" ] }, "an adult male human being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "OK, dude , whatever you say" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "master", "mister", "sir", "buddy", "buster" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "bloke", "buck", "cat", "chap", "chappie", "fella", "fellow", "galoot", "gent", "gentleman", "guy", "hombre", "jack", "joe", "joker", "lad", "male", "man" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duffs":{ "the part of the body upon which someone sits":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've been sitting on my duff all day" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beams", "sterns", "moons" ], "synonyms":[ "backsides", "behinds", "booties", "bottoms", "breeches", "bums", "buns", "buttocks", "butts", "cabooses", "cans", "cheeks", "derrieres", "derri\u00e8res", "fannies", "fundaments", "hams", "haunches", "heinies", "hunkers", "keisters", "keesters", "nates", "posteriors", "rear ends", "rears", "rumps", "seats", "tail ends", "tails", "tushes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dulling":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make white or lighter by removing color":{ "antonyms":[ "darkening", "deepening", "embrowning" ], "examples":[ "the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "blotching", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "discoloring", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "shading", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "tarnishing", "variegating", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "pigmenting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting", "burnishing", "polishing", "shining" ], "related":[ "brightening", "lightening", "dimming", "matting", "etiolating", "whitewashing", "frosting", "silvering" ], "synonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "blenching", "decolorizing", "fading", "paling", "snowing", "washing out", "whitening" ] }, "to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "sharpening", "whetting" ], "examples":[ "the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better" ], "near antonyms":[ "amplifying", "augmenting", "beefing (up)", "boosting", "consolidating", "deepening", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "redoubling", "stepping up", "strengthening", "animating", "arousing", "stimulating" ], "related":[ "muffling", "muting", "toning (down)", "decreasing", "diminishing", "lessening", "letting up (on)", "lowering", "reducing", "subduing", "debilitating", "enfeebling", "weakening", "dwindling", "receding", "subsiding", "tapering (off)", "waning", "alleviating", "easing", "lightening", "abating", "moderating" ], "synonyms":[ "benumbing", "blunting", "cauterizing", "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "numbing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dullness":{ "the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness" ], "examples":[ "the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated" ], "near antonyms":[ "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], "related":[ "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "mental deficiency", "mental retardation" ], "synonyms":[ "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dumb":{ "deliberately refraining from speech":{ "antonyms":[ "communicative", "speaking", "talking" ], "examples":[ "the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulate", "eloquent", "fluent", "voluble", "well-spoken", "gabby", "garrulous", "loquacious", "talkative", "talky", "outspoken", "unreserved", "vocal", "facile", "glib", "silver-tongued", "smooth-tongued" ], "related":[ "inarticulate", "tongue-tied", "nonvocal", "voiceless", "dumbstruck", "sulking", "sulky", "sullen" ], "synonyms":[ "mum", "mute", "muted", "silent", "speechless", "uncommunicative", "wordless" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "don't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{ "antonyms":[ "blabby", "chatty", "communicative", "conversational", "gabby", "garrulous", "loquacious", "motormouthed", "mouthy", "talkative", "talky", "unreserved" ], "examples":[ "he prefers to remain dumb , and replies in monosyllables if really pressed" ], "near antonyms":[ "free-spoken", "outspoken", "vocal", "gossipy", "talebearing", "diffuse", "long-winded", "prolix", "rambling", "verbose", "windy", "wordy", "extroverted", "extraverted", "gregarious", "outgoing", "sociable" ], "related":[ "aloof", "indrawn", "inhibited", "introverted", "restrained", "sedate", "self-contained", "sober", "staid", "backward", "bashful", "coy", "demure", "diffident", "modest", "retiring", "self-effacing", "sheepish" ], "synonyms":[ "closemouthed", "laconic", "reserved", "reticent", "silent", "taciturn", "tight-lipped", "uncommunicative" ] }, "to stop the noise or speech of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears" ], "near antonyms":[ "agitate", "stir" ], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "extinguish", "hush", "mute", "quell", "quiet", "quieten", "settle", "shush", "shut up", "silence", "squelch", "still" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dumbbell":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "examples":[ "no, you're not a dumbbell \u2014this is one of the hardest courses the school offers" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "related":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dumbfounded":{ "affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery" ], "near antonyms":[ "blas\u00e9", "blase", "casual", "nonchalant", "unruffled" ], "related":[ "blindsided", "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "aghast", "appalled", "dismayed", "horrified", "bewildered", "confused", "dazed", "overwhelmed", "agape", "awed", "awesome", "openmouthed", "wide-eyed", "widemouthed" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awestruck", "awestricken", "bowled over", "dumbstruck", "flabbergasted", "shocked", "stunned", "stupefied", "thunderstruck" ] }, "filled with amazement or wonder":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon" ], "near antonyms":[ "unimpressed", "disinterested", "incurious", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional", "bored", "jaded" ], "related":[ "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "bemused", "bewildered", "puzzled", "overwhelmed", "staggered", "stunned", "stupefied" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awed", "awestruck", "awestricken", "flabbergasted", "marveling", "marvelling", "openmouthed", "wondering" ] }, "to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "befuddled", "bewildered", "blew away", "blindsided", "confounded", "confused", "dazed", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "dismayed", "jarred", "muddled", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "perplexed", "shook up" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "bowled over", "flabbergasted", "floored", "rocked", "shocked", "startled", "stunned", "stupefied", "surprised", "surprized", "thunderstruck" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dumbness":{ "incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the determined dumbness of the accountants who tally the votes for the Academy Awards" ], "near antonyms":[ "communication", "speaking", "talking", "eloquence", "fluency", "volubility", "chattiness", "garrulousness", "loquaciousness", "loquacity", "talkativeness", "talkiness", "verboseness", "verbosity", "windiness", "wordiness" ], "related":[ "inarticulacy", "inarticulateness", "voicelessness", "reserve", "reticence", "reticency", "taciturnity" ], "synonyms":[ "muteness", "silence", "speechlessness", "stillness" ] }, "the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness" ], "examples":[ "couldn't believe the dumbness of the people who fell for that scam" ], "near antonyms":[ "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], "related":[ "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "mental deficiency", "mental retardation" ], "synonyms":[ "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dullness", "dulness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dumfounded":{ "affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery" ], "near antonyms":[ "blas\u00e9", "blase", "casual", "nonchalant", "unruffled" ], "related":[ "blindsided", "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "aghast", "appalled", "dismayed", "horrified", "bewildered", "confused", "dazed", "overwhelmed", "agape", "awed", "awesome", "openmouthed", "wide-eyed", "widemouthed" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awestruck", "awestricken", "bowled over", "dumbstruck", "flabbergasted", "shocked", "stunned", "stupefied", "thunderstruck" ] }, "filled with amazement or wonder":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon" ], "near antonyms":[ "unimpressed", "disinterested", "incurious", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional", "bored", "jaded" ], "related":[ "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "bemused", "bewildered", "puzzled", "overwhelmed", "staggered", "stunned", "stupefied" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awed", "awestruck", "awestricken", "flabbergasted", "marveling", "marvelling", "openmouthed", "wondering" ] }, "to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "befuddled", "bewildered", "blew away", "blindsided", "confounded", "confused", "dazed", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "dismayed", "jarred", "muddled", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "perplexed", "shook up" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "bowled over", "flabbergasted", "floored", "rocked", "shocked", "startled", "stunned", "stupefied", "surprised", "surprized", "thunderstruck" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dummy":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "examples":[ "it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "related":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ] }, "a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "doll" ], "synonyms":[ "figure", "form", "manikin", "mannikin", "mannequin" ] }, "being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{ "antonyms":[ "genuine", "natural", "real" ], "examples":[ "the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "bona fide", "legitimate", "true", "premium", "quality", "valuable", "pure", "unadulterated" ], "related":[ "cultured", "manufactured", "process", "unauthentic", "adulterated", "designer", "doctored", "engineered", "fudged", "juggled", "manipulated", "tampered (with)", "concocted", "fabricated", "counterfeit", "deceptive", "forged", "fraudulent", "misleading", "phony", "phoney", "affected", "brummagem", "feigned", "pinchbeck", "pseudo", "spurious" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "bogus", "ersatz", "factitious", "fake", "false", "faux", "imitation", "imitative", "man-made", "mimic", "mock", "pretend", "sham", "simulated", "substitute", "synthetic" ] }, "something that is made to look exactly like something else":{ "antonyms":[ "archetype", "original", "prototype" ], "examples":[ "for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "knockoff", "phony", "phoney", "rip-off", "rubber stamp", "sham", "miniature", "mock-up", "simulation", "reconstruction", "re-creation", "image", "likeness", "semblance", "shadow", "impression", "imprint", "print", "approximation", "reincarnation", "version", "extra", "reserve", "spare" ], "synonyms":[ "carbon", "carbon copy", "clone", "copy", "dupe", "duplicate", "duplication", "facsimile", "imitation", "mock", "reduplication", "replica", "replication", "reproduction" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "dumped":{ "to end a usually intimate relationship with":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him" ], "near antonyms":[ "hooked up (with)", "took", "befriended", "latched (on or onto)" ], "related":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "cold-shouldered", "cut", "high-hatted", "slighted", "snubbed", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "marooned", "quit", "quitted" ], "synonyms":[ "blew off", "broke off (with)", "ditched", "jilted", "kissed off", "left" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dump the trash on the curb and go back inside" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "employed", "used", "utilized", "held", "held back", "kept", "retained" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "abdicated", "deserted", "forsook", "dismissed", "kicked out", "abolished", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extinguished", "extirpated", "liquidated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiered", "cast (off)", "chucked", "deep-sixed", "discarded", "ditched", "eighty-sixed", "86'd", "exorcised", "exorcized", "flung (off or away)", "jettisoned", "junked", "laid by", "lost", "pitched", "rejected", "scrapped", "shed", "shucked (off)", "sloughed (off)", "sluffed (off)", "threw away", "threw out", "tossed", "unloaded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dumping on":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "magnifying", "praising" ], "examples":[ "Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs." ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "countenancing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "sanctioning", "commending", "complimenting", "eulogizing" ], "related":[ "discommending", "abusing", "scolding", "disapproving (of)", "disliking", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "denouncing", "reprehending", "reprobating", "aspersing", "defaming", "maligning", "ripping", "slandering", "slurring", "traducing", "vilifying", "discrediting", "disgracing" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "denigrating", "deprecating", "depreciating", "derogating", "diminishing", "discounting", "dismissing", "disparaging", "dissing", "kissing off", "minimizing", "playing down", "poor-mouthing", "putting down", "running down", "talking down", "trashing", "trash-talking", "vilipending", "writing off" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "dumpy":{ "being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumpy little toddlers growing into lanky children" ], "near antonyms":[ "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "puny", "lean", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin", "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "lanky", "rawboned", "sinewy", "scraggy", "scrawny", "slight", "anorexic", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "haggard", "skeletal", "wasted", "spindly", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "wiry" ], "related":[ "beefy", "brawny", "bulky", "burly", "husky", "sturdy", "thick", "thickish", "weighty", "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "heavy", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "portly", "pudgy", "roly-poly", "rotund", "round", "tubby", "paunchy", "potbellied", "flabby", "soft" ], "synonyms":[ "chunky", "heavyset", "squat", "squatty", "stocky", "stout", "stubby", "stumpy", "thickset" ] }, "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dunces":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ], "examples":[ "she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "related":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dunderheaded":{ "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dungeons":{ "a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The king threw them into the dungeon ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dunked":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "ducked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dunks":{ "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathes", "moistens", "soaks", "steeps", "wets", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "dives", "plunges", "thrusts" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "douses", "dowses", "ducks", "immerses", "sops", "souses", "submerges", "submerses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "duper":{ "as in actor , deceiver":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duperies":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ], "examples":[ "a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dupery":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ], "examples":[ "a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duplicators":{ "as in copiers , copycats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duplicitous":{ "given to or marked by cheating and deception":{ "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "straight" ], "examples":[ "warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer" ], "near antonyms":[ "conscientious", "decent", "ethical", "honorable", "just", "scrupulous", "upright", "forthright", "straightforward" ], "related":[ "unconscionable", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "false", "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "slick", "sly", "subtle", "wily", "defrauding", "devious", "furtive", "slippery", "sneaking", "sneaky", "trickish", "tricky", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous" ], "synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "deceptive", "dishonest", "double-dealing", "fast", "fraudulent", "guileful", "rogue", "shady", "sharp", "shifty", "underhand", "underhanded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "duplicity":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ], "examples":[ "we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duress":{ "the use of power to impose one's will on another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "complied with the order only under duress" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreement", "approval", "consent", "permission", "convincing", "persuasion", "reason", "suasion" ], "related":[ "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "fear", "intimidation", "menace", "sword", "terror", "terrorism", "threat", "violence", "squeeze", "squeeze play", "might", "muscle", "potency", "puissance", "strength", "hardheadedness", "self-will", "willfulness", "strain", "stress" ], "synonyms":[ "arm-twisting", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force", "pressure" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duty":{ "a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "direct tax", "personal tax", "capitation", "custom(s)", "excise", "hidden tax", "income tax", "poll tax", "property tax", "sales tax", "single tax", "sin tax", "tariff", "toll", "tribute", "value-added tax", "withholding tax", "supertax", "surcharge", "surtax", "death tax", "estate tax", "inheritance tax", "flat tax", "proportional tax" ], "synonyms":[ "assessment", "imposition", "impost", "levy", "tax" ] }, "a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the regular duties of a lifeguard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chare", "char", "endeavor", "enterprise", "project", "stint", "undertaking", "care", "charge", "commission", "responsibility", "function", "mission", "office", "operation", "post", "errand", "circuit", "round", "route" ], "synonyms":[ "assignment", "chore", "job", "task" ] }, "something one must do because of prior agreement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I must obey the call of duty and serve my country" ], "near antonyms":[ "grace", "postponement", "stay", "discharge", "ease", "exemption", "release", "relief", "waiver", "loophole", "alternative", "choice", "option", "pick", "preference", "selection" ], "related":[ "oath", "pledge", "promise", "troth", "vow", "word", "arrangement", "prearrangement", "setup", "compact", "contract", "covenant", "pact", "trust", "debt", "payment", "tribute", "compulsion", "constraint", "restraint", "must", "requirement", "coercion", "duress", "force", "appointment", "engagement", "reservation", "onus" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "charge", "commitment", "devoir", "do", "imperative", "incumbency", "need", "obligation", "office", "responsibility" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dues":{ "as in calls , privileges":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }